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  Title: Mapping Love Author: Ashwiny Iyer Tiwari Publisher: Rupa Publications  ISBN:  978-9353337919 Here I am, living my life looking at the rear-view mirror, driving to the end of the beginning of where I started. BLURB My body still hurts. It has been some time since Oorja Chaturvedi has come home; but the wounds she suffered, at the hands of the very people who so aptly named her, cut deep. Her relationship with her father was barely strung together with a few words. But when her mother dies, the woman whose nagging love was both her comfort and her secret hiding place from the world, new grief melds with old bitterness. Reeling from the loss, Oorja decides to come back to India, only to find her estranged father missing. Her search leads her to her grandfather, a man who had lived all his life among books and forest, withering away in his house. As she tries to grapple with her grief for a dying grandfather, she unexpectedly finds love and solace in the arms of a ...

Title: Boons and Curses  Author:  Yugal Joshi Publisher: Rupa Publications Published on:  1st May 2020 ISBN: 978-9353338695 "When the child becomes capable,a mother's biggest elation is to let her child fly and admire his flight." BLURB She was the strongest among the women of her Age, never cried in public or private…But, that evening even she had accepted defeat. It is said that Kunti fulfilled her desires and ambitions through her sons, the Pandavas, resulting in the bloodbath in Kurukshetra. And once the truth struck her she sought help from Krishna to get rid of her guilt. Krishna became Kunti’s moral guardian, a conversation began, from which emerged fascinating tales of women in mythology. In this brilliant retelling, Kunti is placed at the central of the novel and running parallel to her universe are the stories of Aditi and Diti, the primordial mothers, the rebellious Soorpanakha, the independent Sanjana and Tara, trendsetters such as Anusuya, intrigues of Kai...

Title: Done With Love Author: Shuchi Singh Publisher: Rupa Publications Published on: 1st February 2020 ISBN:   978-93-5333-847-3 But am I done with love? Not yet, I guess! BLURB After a riot of a vacation in Goa, and finding the love of her life in the very handsome Dr Vivian D’ Mello,  Kairavi ‘Kay’ Krishna, a ditzy and dramatic travel journalist, is set for another laugh-a-minute romantic adventure. Our delicious hero and sassy heroine are very much in love, and are just about to tie the knot when Vivian’s evil twin sister and his hot, leggy ex enter the scene. That, coupled with Vivian’s unexplained commitment phobia, threatens to throw their fairy-tale romance to rocky waters. As Kay struggles with heartbreak and jealous rage, she is faced with an unexpected question: will their love survive the odds? Will they make it or break it? Done with Love is another delightfully irreverent story by bestselling author Shuchi Singh, who ...

Title: A Ticklish Affair and Other Stories Author: Sunil Kapoor & Sudhir Kapoor Publisher : Rupa Publications Published on: 5th October 2019 ISBN: 978-9353336813 BLURB A man is blackmailed for a past he never had. An unrequited love story binds two lovers. A man waits for his lover, only to be killed at her hands. A girl takes back her life from her tormentor. From the bestselling authors of the peacock feather comes another delightful offering, ticklish affair. This collection of short stories has all the ingredients of an unputdownable book. Taken from the daily rigmarole of ordinary life, The stories are given extraordinary twists and turns, leading to fascinating climaxes. The dark undertone of ‘blackmail’, the power of belief in ‘Spark of the divine’, the forbidden romance in ‘ticklish affair’ or the eternal power of love in ‘rickshaw faridabadi’, this collection of stories is sure to move readers to tears of sadness and joy at the same time. COVE...

Title: Snakes in the Meadows  Author : Ayaz Kohli Publisher: Rupa Publications  Published on: 5th May 2019 ISBN: 978-93-5333-360-7 " Don't just live to narrate stories of your cowardice.Someone will tell a better story of how you died,rather than you telling your children how you lived." BLURB  Jammu And Kashmir, 1987. In the hilly village of Pathri Aali, where legends appear true, Aslam and Ashwar, two young lovers, dream of marriage and of good things of life. But that is not to be. Unable to cope, Aslam leaves Pathri Aali forever. Years later, as men migrate to Saudi Arabia for employment, Pathri Aali is populated mostly by women and children. Soon they realize the Mujahideen, who guise themselves as their liberators, are the worst perpetrators, and misery seems inescapable. Ashwar refuses to be cowed down by this reign of terror and is determined not to let it devastate the once-peaceful village. The only one she can bank on is Aslam—an...

Title: Oxygen Manifesto Author:   Atulya Misra Publisher:  Rupa Publications Published On: 20th March 2019 Binding: Hardback ISBN:    978-93-5333-410-9 BLURB Oxygen Manifesto is a story of the triumph of ordinary people over the might of the establishment in their battle to save the environment. Thatha lives in a remote and inaccessible part of Manipur and Ravi is a young IAS officer from the Tamil Nadu cadre. Circumstances bring them together and they create the most effective environmental movement the world has ever seen. They shun the politics of criticism and personal attacks and focus on establishing a new polity based on the principles of environmental protection, habitat conservation, direct civil action and democratic decentralization. Oxygen Manifesto is an engaging story about environmental degradation and the impact of the Anthropocene. It exposes the myth around wealth creation and the paradigm of economic gro...

Title:  Guru  A Long Walk to Success:An Autobiography Author:    Narendra Raval, Kailash Mota Publsiher:  Bloomsbury India Published on:  18-08-2018 Binding:  Papaerback ISBN:  9789387146877 "Nothing is impossible in this world for a willing heart and determined mind. The limitation is in our minds.  BLURB The journey of a boy that began from a little-known village of Mathak in Gujarat, India, culminated in the creation of East Africa's biggest business groups to straddle the industrial world of steel, cement, infrastructure and aviation. This is the inspiring story of Narendra Raval, endearingly known as 'Guru', who began from the most humble beginnings to reach the zenith of his career through tireless hard work, an inherent business acumen and sheer tenacity. His autobiography, in collaboration with his dear friend and colleague, Kailash Mota, traces four decades in the life of Guru Bhai Narendra Raval. I...